Records of Samuel Caruthers in Augusta County, VA

Page 105.--23d October, 1779. Rebecca (mark) Caruthers' will--To daughter, Esther, all estate, together with £1,200 willed to Rebecca by her husband; mother; care of said child given to executors, for failure then, to John Caruthers; to sisters; to brothers; to brother, William; to brothers. James and John. Executors, father John Moffett. Teste: James Cunningham. James Young, Wm. Moffett. Proved, 16th November, 1779, by Young and Moffett. (Note: Rebecca was Samuel Caruther's wife and daughter of John Moffett. Her husband, Samuel Caruthers had died just a few months prior on 14 May 1779. The will of Samuel Caruthers mentioned in Rebecca's will was filed in Rockbridge County)